flouncier; flounciest
: flouncing or having a tendency to flounce
Summer gathered her handbag, swung the cardigan half of her heather-colored sweater set around her shoulders, and with that flouncy walk she'd had since childhood … sashayed past us, shaking her head disgustedly all the way.—
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flouncier; flounciest
: decorated with a flounce or flounces
The French influence was pervasive. Seven women chefs wore matching, flouncy cancan out-fits …—Thomas Matthews
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Irina Grechko, refinery29.com, 7 Mar. 2025
Several designers embraced ultra-puffy shoulders (Collina Strada) and flouncy sleeves (Christian Cowan and Meruert Tolegen), on dresses and blouses.
—Victoria Montalti, refinery29.com, 12 Feb. 2025
Hispanic and Latinx communities deserve leaders who represent their interests, not just float flouncy rhetoric.
—Kristen Waggoner, Newsweek, 21 Jan. 2025
Stewart Cook/Getty Images Zendaya’s look for the screening combined a black leather blazer, buttoned and tightly fitted, with a flouncy black tulle miniskirt, as if Z was a ballerina with a Harley.
—Kathleen Walsh, Glamour, 7 Jan. 2025
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Adjective
Once again there was a sense of the ‘70s (an era marked by Karl Lagerfeld at Chloé) permeating the collection with flouncy blouses styled with maxi skirts (a look that has skyrocketed to the top of my fall wishlist), crop tops, and mostly decorative statement belts.
—Irina Grechko, refinery29.com, 7 Mar. 2025
Several designers embraced ultra-puffy shoulders (Collina Strada) and flouncy sleeves (Christian Cowan and Meruert Tolegen), on dresses and blouses.
—Victoria Montalti, refinery29.com, 12 Feb. 2025
Hispanic and Latinx communities deserve leaders who represent their interests, not just float flouncy rhetoric.
—Kristen Waggoner, Newsweek, 21 Jan. 2025
Stewart Cook/Getty Images Zendaya’s look for the screening combined a black leather blazer, buttoned and tightly fitted, with a flouncy black tulle miniskirt, as if Z was a ballerina with a Harley.
—Kathleen Walsh, Glamour, 7 Jan. 2025
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“Flouncy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/flouncy. Accessed 15 Mar. 2025.
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